Seashells by the Shore
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Watanabe Shōtei
Japanese1852–1918
About
Watanabe Seitei , also known as Watanabe Shōtei, was a Japanese Nihonga painter who was one of the first Japanese painters to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. He blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Yōsai school, introducing a new approach to kachōga .
Notable works
Rice and Grasshopper
at Saint Louis Art Museum
Works in the collection
2 works
Seashells by the Shore
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Rice and Grasshopper
at Saint Louis Art Museum
More by Watanabe Shōtei in institutions
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
